Factors affecting primary care physicians' perceptions of health system reform in Israel: Professional autonomy versus organizational affiliation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1450-1462

  Gross, Revital ^a,b   Tabenkin, Hava ^c   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autonomy; Health care reform; Israel; Organizational affiliation; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; AUTONOMY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; PERCEPTION; POLICY REFORM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847414545     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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